Nasogastric Nutrition versus Nasojejunal Nutrition in Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 2

Basic demographic characteristics of the patients in the included studies.

Study	Group	Number of patients	Age (years)	Gender (M/F)	Etiology
					Gallstones	Alcohol	Idiopathic
Eatock et al., 2005 [19]	NG	27	63 (47–74)	14/13	16	6	3
	NJ	22	58 (48–64)	12/10	16	6	0
Kumar et al., 2006 [18]	NG	16	43.25 (12.76)	14/2	7	4	4
	NJ	14	35.57 (12.53)	11/3	4	4	5
Singh et al., 2012 [20]	NG	39	39.1 (16.7)	28/11	12	12	9
	NJ	39	39.7 (12.3)	25/14	21	10	7
Zonghan et al., 2015 [25]	NG	40	41 (25–60)	23/17	13	20	0
	NJ	40	43 (23–65)	22/18	12	20	0

The values are presented as medians (range). The values are presented as the mean ± standard deviations.